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Ransomware riches stolen from cybercriminals! Karma hits back

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Ransomware riches stolen from cybercriminals! Karma hits back

In a process that can only be described as karma, cybercriminals were caught and complained that the ransomware they created and leased to others was used against them! These malware creators are actually the target of other cybercriminals, and they are now stealing ransom from them! Surprisingly, the people allegedly deceived by the ransomware group actually rented out the malware to these cybercriminals.

According to a ZDNet report, cybercriminals who have been using REvil ransomware to negatively affect major companies in the past few months have collected more than the agreed reduction in exchange for a license to use the ransomware tool. The REvil ransomware is behind some of the most notorious attacks against companies such as Acer, Quanta (Apple manufacturing partners), and Kaseya. Like the Conti ransomware variant, it is widely regarded as the most evil ransomware in the world One of the software tools. According to Tech Monitor, malware accounted for 13.1% of incidents in 2021.

These ransomware-as-a-service groups provide non-technical users with a way to choose and target victims in exchange for a reduction in the amount of ransom. According to the report, these complaints were discovered by the risk intelligence company Flashpoint on Russian underground forums, including users who said that the “partner program” was bad and the ransomware collective could not be “trusted”.

Another user claimed that negotiations to pay a ransom of $7 million (the victim tried to reduce the amount of the ransom) were affected by a “backdoor” that reportedly led to the conclusion of the negotiation. According to the report, on September 20, a backdoor allowed malware creators to bypass access by “customer” criminals who were able to decrypt ransomware files—effectively allowing creators to steal ransom money and remove “customer” criminals from Excluded from ransom transactions.

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Whether these allegations will affect the popularity of REvil ransomware remains to be seen. Compared to any other ransomware tools in use today, it is currently one of the most popular ransomware as a service.

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

Tom Holland, last seen in Apple TV show The Crowded Room last year, has signed his next with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

Tom Holland is going to have a very busy 2025. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the actor has signed Christopher Nolan’s next, which he will juggle the filming of with that of the long-awaited Spider-Man 4. (Also Read – Tom Holland shares why he left alcohol behind: ‘Struggling without booze…’)

Tom signs Nolan’s next

This will mark the first collaboration between Tom and Christopher. While details of his next directorial aren’t known yet, it’s most likely not to have a contemporary setting. It’ll be either set in the past like, his previous film Oppenheimer (2023), or in the future like Interstellar (2014). Matt Damon, who has worked with Christopher in both, has also come on board his next.

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Christopher’s next will be co-produced by him and his wife Emma Thomas’ banner Syncopy Inc and Universal Pictures, as the two production houses will team up after the Academy Award-winning blockbuster Oppenheimer last year. Prior to Oppenheimer, Christopher collaborated mostly with Warner Bros before having a fallout post the debacle of Tenet (2020).

Warner Bros then went on to produce Greta Gerwig’s musical satire Barbie, which clashed with Oppenheimer at the box office and even outperformed it globally. Warner Bros offered Christopher a cheque for the fees he waived off for helming Tenet during the pandemic. While Christopher graciously accepted the belated remuneration, he still went on to pitch his next to Warner Bros.

Tom’s busy schedule

Tom didn’t have any release this year. His last outing was Todd Graff’s psychological thriller show The Crowded Room on Apple TV last year. He’ll juggle the filming of Christopher Nolan’s next and Spider-Man 4 in 2025. Tom has been playing the superhero ever since Russo Brothers’ 2016 blockbuster Captain America: Civil War. He’s slipped into the Peter Parker shoes post that for three standalone films and two Avengers movies. Spider-Man 4 will be helmed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton.

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As Tom’s girlfriend and co-star Zendaya will be busy filming Spider-Man 4 in 2025, she’ll reprise her role of Chani in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi spectacle Dune 3 only in 2026. Meanwhile, Tom is also likely to make an appearance as Spider-Man in Russo Brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday, which will go on floors in the spring of 2025.

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